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Brahui etymology :

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Brahui : cun-ak
Meaning : small
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Additional forms : Also BRA cunā child
Number in DED : 2594
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *čin-
Meaning : small
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *čin-
Proto-Telugu : *cinn-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ćin-
Brahui : cun-ak
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *čin-
Meaning : small
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : cin_n_a
Tamil meaning : small, little, inferior, mean, low, young
Tamil derivates : cin_n_am smallness, minuteness, anything small; cin_n_i small child, little thing, a small measure
Malayalam : cinna
Malayalam meaning : small
Malayalam derivates : cinnan a short man; cinampu a little; cinakku a bit
Kannada : ciṇi, ciṇṇi, ciṇṇe
Kannada meaning : smallness, shortness
Kannada derivates : ciṇṇa a little one, a boy; cina smallness, small pieces; cinna, jinna smallness, etc.
Kodagu : ciṇṇi
Kodagu meaning : small
Kodagu derivates : cenna a little
Number in DED : 2594
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *cinn-
Meaning : small, little, young, younger, petty, mean, trifling, trivial
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : cinna
Additional forms : Also cinnãdanamu smallness, childhood, youth; cinnadi girl, lass; cinnavā̃ḍu boy, young man, one who is younger; cinni small, little, pretty
Number in DED : 2594
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ćin-
Meaning : small
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami : sinnam "small, young, younger"
Kinwat Kolami : cinni
Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : sinnam "small, young, younger"
Naikri : śinna(m) "little"
Parji : cin "little (in a text: cin cin dīṛa ney just a little castor oil)"
Ollari Gadba : sini vande "little finger"
Salur Gadba : cinḍu, sinḍu (pl. cinḍīl, sinḍīl) "son"
Additional forms : Also Parji cind, (NE) cinḍ son; Ollari sinḍ son; Salur cin makil children
Number in DED : 2594
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ʒwVnV
Meaning: to diminish
Uralic: *ćVnV
Kartvelian: *ʒenʒ-
Dravidian: *čin- 'small'
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 88
Proto: *ćVnV-
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: to diminish
German meaning: (sich) vermindern, (sich) verkleinern, eintrocknen
Udmurt (Votyak): śin- (S) 'abnehmen, fallen, sich vermindern (v. Wasser)'
Komi (Zyrian): ćin- (S P PO) 'sich vermindern, sich verringern, abnehmen'
Khanty (Ostyak): t́ĕn- (DN), śin- (O) 'einschrumpfen, eintrocknen'
Hungarian: csün- (dial.) 'erschlaffen, welken; im Wachsen stehen bleiben, klein bleiben'
K. Reshetnikov's notes: In UEW, this material is compared with Selk. šün-či- 'to cease; to be used up', šyn-jemdša- 'to diminish, to lessen (tr.)' and Kms. šö(-)j-dǝ- 'to diminish, to lessen (tr.), to cut down; to limit, to restrict; to finish (tr.)', but š- in Selk. and Kms. goes back to *k- (a result of assibilation before *-ü-), which makes me exclude the Sam. words from the comparison (cf. the situation in URAET 56 and 60, where, however, I preliminarily refrained from rejecting the comparison with Sam. because of absence of Selk. material).
References: Budenz MUSz. 380; VglWb. 726; КЭСКЯ; MSzFgrE; EtSz; TESz; Paas.Beitr. 142; Coll.CompGr. 54
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *ʒenʒ-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: abnutzen
English meaning: abnutzen
Georgian: ʒenʒ-
Megrel: (n)ʒanʒ-
Notes and references: EWK 476-477.
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